Security Analyst

Who You'll Work With

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
  
  

Your Impact

As part of this role, you will be responsible for performing security monitoring, investigations, and event analysis to protect the organization from both internal and external threats.

This includes reviewing alerts generated by internal Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP). You will analyze logs, correlate data, identify malicious behavior, vet false positives, remediate system misconfigurations, and track system state changes across multiple systems. Your work will also involve producing analytical outputs to support forensic reconstructions when necessary.

You will conduct forensic analyses using a variety of security tools within diverse environments to determine the extent, type, and vector of attacks. Additionally, you will carry out security monitoring activities to provide in-depth visibility into potential threats, both known and unknown, that could pose risks to McKinsey’s environment. As a technical Subject Matter Expert, you will contribute to security incident response efforts and help manage the incident response process effectively.

Collaboration will be a key aspect of your role, as you will serve as a liaison to Managed and/or Unmanaged Security Service Providers. You will also manage cyber security incident response technologies, including tools for network logging and forensics, security information and event management, security analytics platforms, log search technologies, and host-based forensics, as applicable. In the event of cyberattacks, you will be responsible for containing, eradicating, and recovering from threats, ensuring adversaries are stopped.

Your responsibilities will also include tracking and detecting vulnerabilities in cloud operating models, identifying areas requiring immediate attention, and applying the appropriate skills to mitigate risks. You will coordinate across business units and collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams to contain breaches and collect artifacts that support organizational learning and improvement.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in information technology discipline or equivalent IT experience required
• Relevant IT security certifications including CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CEH or SANS certs are expected
• Extensive experience (3+ years) in information security operations and/or related IT operational functions
• Demonstrable background in security products and technologies, security engineering, networking protocols, security analysis, network and endpoint forensics, and investigations
• Expert level understanding of the cyber kill chain, pervasive threat attack methods, and remediation
• Understanding of public cloud architectures & operating models; familiarity with cloud resources & log formats (i.e. cloud trail logs) is a must
• Ability to script or program repeatable security monitoring and analysis tasks
• Ability to analyze network packets and log data
• Strong knowledge about network protocols, certifications in the area such as CCNA, is preferred
• Knowledge about multiple operating systems across Windows and Unix domain
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, coordinate, work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to work across teams (technical and non-technical) in a “problem-solving” fashion to perform root cause analysis and offer perspectives on potential approaches to remediation